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OpenCD
Stable release
4.0
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Licenseopen source
Websitehttp://theopencd.org/

The now defunct OpenCD project aimed to introduce users of Microsoft Windows to the benefits of free and open source software (FOSS). It is a CD image that can freely be downloaded and copied. The OpenCD team screens programs for stability, quality, and ease of installation, and only distributes programs available under an OSI-approved open source license, which allows users to freely use and distribute the disc as they wish. It was sponsored by Canonical Ltd.

The project was started in April 2002 in response to an article on linux.com by astrophysics student Henrik Nilsen Omma. [1]

In September 2007, project lead Chris Gray left the project to pursue his own open source disc, called OpenDisc, citing numerous difficulties[2] which he believed were negatively affecting the progress of the OpenCD project. As of September 27, 2007, the OpenCD project is no longer under active development.[3]

Version 07.04

Version 07.04 includes the latest versions of the following:

Inkscape program page
Inkscape program page

References

  1. ^ An idea for Free Software CD by Henrik Nilsen Omma, 20 April 2002.
  2. ^ Mutiny aboard the good ship OpenCD, 27th September 2007.
  3. ^ OpenCD homepage, 27th September 2007.

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